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Show 1893.] SPECIES OE LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 297 Hah. East Peru (Whitely, Mus. B.). A very distinct species, allied to G. heliconiata, Walk. Fam. LAPARIDJE. EUCHONTHA, Walk. E U C H O N T H A CIRIS, sp. n. (Plate X X . fig. 10.) Male. Primaries dark brown, the basal half white, the veins dark brown, a small spot close to the apex and one near the anal angle white. Secondaries white, broadly bordered with black from the apex to the anal angle. Underside similar to the upper-side ; the fringes of both wings black. Antennae black. Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs greyish white. Expanse ly3^ inch. Hab. Ecuador, Intaj and Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. B.). A distinct species, allied to E. sublactigera, Walk. GENUSSA, Walk. G E N U S S A CLUACA, sp. n. (Plate X X . fig. 17.) Primaries and secondaries white. Primaries crossed beyond the middle from the costal to the outer margin with a wide black band, the apex and outer margin broadly bordered with black. Secondaries: the apex and outer margin bordered with black. Antennae black; the head, thorax, and abdomen greyish black. Expanse If inch. Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. B.). Allied to G. altaba, Druce, but very distinct. ELORIA, Walk. E L O R I A CISSUSA, sp. n. (Plate X X . figs. 13 <3, 15 $.) Male. Primaries and secondaries dark brown, semihyaline near the base of both wings. Primaries crossed beyond the middle by a wide cream-coloured band, the veins crossing the band dark brown. Secondaries with a cream-coloured streak nearest the costal margin, extending from the base to the outer margin; the fringes of both wings dark brown. Underside similar to the upper-side, but with the cream-coloured band much extended over the wing. Secondaries cream-coloured, with the costal and outer margins broadly bordered with dark brown. Antennae, palpi, head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown; the collar, underside of the thorax, abdomen, and legs yellowish brown. Female. Primaries cream-colour, the costal margin, apex, outer and inner margins broadly bordered with dark brown. Secondaries cream-colour bordered with dark brown, the fringes dark brown; in other respects similar to the male; the underside the same as the upperside. Expanse, <$ 2 inches, $ 2\ inches. Hah. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley, Mus. B.). A very distinct species, allied to E, ombrea, Druce. |